How would you feel if your s/o parents signed their letters

[scared and alone]

or emails to you 'mom' or 'dad'? And yes, it's an email/letter to JUST you. Would you feel completely comfortable with them and happy they feel good enough about you to sign like that?

[asthesparrow]

If I called them "mum and dad" then it would be normal.

If they just instigated it and started signing that, I'd be pretty creeped out and uncomfortable.

[scared and alone]

Well, I am close with them. I sorta see them as the parents/mother that i've always wanted. And I think they kinda see me as the daughter they never had. I don't know, for some reason its just, not weird. I am very sorta, honored that thats how she signs her emails to me. That shes comfortable enough and feels i'm good enough that she would sign like that. Because I know in the past, she's never exactly been that happy about her sons gf's.

[civilservant]

It wouldn't bother me personally, in fact it'd be a good thing that they see me as a member of the family.

[Seraphim]

Take it as the good thing it is.

[pinkelephant]

depends on how long you've been together/how close you are. if it's been 2 months, run. if it's been 2 years, quietly celebrate!

[DN]

Well, I am close with them. I sorta see them as the parents/mother that i've always wanted. And I think they kinda see me as the daughter they never had. I don't know, for some reason its just, not weird. I am very sorta, honored that thats how she signs her emails to me. That shes comfortable enough and feels i'm good enough that she would sign like that. Because I know in the past, she's never exactly been that happy about her sons gf's.

If it works for both sides then that's great.

I can see some people might be uncomfortable with it.

[absinthe]

I think it's a sweet and accepting/embracing gesture.

[sophie274]

Well, I am close with them. I sorta see them as the parents/mother that i've always wanted. And I think they kinda see me as the daughter they never had. I don't know, for some reason its just, not weird. I am very sorta, honored that thats how she signs her emails to me. That shes comfortable enough and feels i'm good enough that she would sign like that. Because I know in the past, she's never exactly been that happy about her sons gf's.

 

Personally I wouldn't feel comfortable with it, because I have my Mum and Dad and want to save those names for them, but since you look to them as the parents you never had that's great! And it is definitely a compliment and a mark of how close she considers you two to be. I think if they sign their e-mails to you that way then it would be appropriate for you to call them that in real life, if you don't already.

[RedDress]

I just want to throw in another perspective... maybe she's just like that. One of my friend's mother's is like that. She considered herself 'Mom' to all of the neighborhood kids growing up. Everyone calls her 'Mom'.

 

Personally, I'd just go with it.

[yeawutever]

It would be a compliment.

[Cognitive_Canine]

It would be a compliment. But, I have a hard time imaging the day when I call my boyfriend's parents 'mom' and 'dad'. I have had stepparents for over a decade that I still call by their first names.